Understanding of the Sumatran subduction zone and its hazards has increased since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

Twenty years ago today, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake unleashed a tsunami across the Indian Ocean region. Towering waves, some ...

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history's worst ...

Uprooted trees, gutted houses, piled-up boats, heaps of sheet metal and garbage. In just a few hours, Cyclone Chido left a ...

These are unprecedented numbers because the global aim is to limit atmospheric warming to a rise of 1. ... of 25 billion atomic bombs). The Indian Ocean has been absorbing heat trapped by ...

Banda Aceh (Indonesia) (AFP) – Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people ...

Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. The Boxing Day quake was one of the largest ever recorded.

The horrific damage caused by Cyclone Chido is due to decades of official neglect of infrastructure and the overt, fascistic ...